obstinatio
From LSJ
ἀθρόαις πέντε δραπὼν νύκτεσσιν ἔν θ' ἁμέραις ἱερὸν εὐζοίας ἄωτον → for five whole nights and days, culling the sacred excellence of joyous living | reaping the sacred bloom of good living for five full nights and as many days
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obstĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. obstino,
I firmness, in a good and bad sense; resolution, steadfastness, determination, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy (class.; syn.: pertinacia, contumacia): quae ego omnia obstinatione sententiae repudiavi, out of adherence to my principles, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41: animi, Sen. Ep. 94, 7: fidei, Tac. H. 3, 39: taciturna, obstinate silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2: inflexibilis, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 17.
